While today marks the end of Pride Month, Pride never ends.
As a proud member of the queer community and GM of The Webby Awards, I’m honored to help lead an organization that celebrates LGBTQ+ creatives, communities, and leaders on the Internet all year long. Through the work we honor and the voices we uplift, my team and I are committed to showing our pride — for our community and for the bold, culture-shaping work we spotlight at the Internet’s Biggest Night.
The Internet has always been a home for LGBTQ+ people. It’s where many of us first found the language for who we are — often pouring ourselves into deeply personal (and deeply chaotic) LiveJournals named after Britney’s Onyx Hotel Tour. Just me? OK. It’s where we built community on Reddit threads, picked our Neopets, ate Chromatica Oreos, held space for Wicked, had a Brat summer, learned to be demure — and realized we weren’t alone. At its best, the Internet is a space for identity, connection, and freedom — and the first time you allowed yourself to truly be yourself.
That’s why we care so deeply about celebrating the queer voices shaping the Internet — makers who are bold, brilliant, and visionary. This year, we’ve honored brands, campaigns, websites, podcasts and the LGBTQ+ creatives behind them for telling stories with style, wit, depth, and plenty of heart. Their work reminds us how vital representation is — and just how powerful it is when queer people take center stage.
So here’s our promise: We’ll keep celebrating LGBTQ+ excellence year-round, keep amplifying queer voices, and keep building a more inclusive, more joyful, more fabulous Internet for everyone.
Because Pride isn’t just a month. It’s a way of life—and it deserves to be seen and celebrated every day, online and off.
-Nick
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